Award Category: Global Winner: --------------- -------------- Solution Innovation Partner of the Year Berbee Information Networks Technology Excellence Partner of the Year AXIANS Technology Excellence Partner of the Year S&T Hungarian, Ltd. Managed Services Partner of the Year Verizon Business SMB Partner of the Year Minx Technology Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Getronics Services Partner of the Year ECCOM NETWORK SYSTEMS Technology Excellence Partner of the Year Netmarks Multi-Theatre Enterprise Partner of the Year Dimension Data Public Sector Partner of the Year MannaiThe 2006 Cisco Theatre Channel Partners of the Year Award Winners are:
Award Theatre: Theatre Winner: -------------- --------------- APAC Theatre Partner of the Year Wipro Infotech Emerging Markets Theatre Partner of the Year Mude European Markets Theatre Partner of the Year Ingram Micro Japan Theatre Partner of the Year Net One Systems US/Canada Theatre Partner of the Year World Wide Techology, Inc."As our customers' needs change, the market changes and the network becomes the platform for all communications, a compelling argument can made that growth in the IT industry is coming to Cisco and our partners," said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco Systems. "As I travel the globe and meet with partners one thing becomes clear; we have world class channel partners. At our annual Cisco Partner Summit last week I had the honor and the privilege of recognizing our top global performers for 2006." The Cisco Global Awards are conferred to partners who meet a specific set of requirements, which are designed to identify the best channel partner in each category. Cisco has also built a formalized nomination and selection process that begins with each sales theater identifying and nominating a channel partner for each category. These nominations are reviewed and a collective group that includes Cisco worldwide channels and theater channel executives makes final selections. All of the global and theater Partner of the Year awards are in compliance with the requirements of the Cisco Channel Partner Program and customer satisfaction as its foundational criterion. For more features, news, videos, and photos relating to the Cisco 2006 Partner Summit visit http://newsroom.cisco.com/partnersummit/. About Cisco Systems Cisco (
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